*Under this head no fishing expenses were charged against the men's accounts. The only fishing expenses were bait, and curing of fish, which were deducted from the gross amount before division, as agreed upon. † This Return in for 1866. In 1866 there was a remarkably 'lean' Fishing. TABLE IV.--FAROE FISHING--SEASON 1871. [Page 28] 1. No. of Fishermen employed 2. Amount of Goods debited to Fishermen. 3. Cash advanced before Settlement. 4. Fishing Expenses charged to the Men. 5. Gross Sum credited to Men for Fish. 6. Gross Sum credited to them for Stock, etc. 7. Cash paid to them at Settlement. 8. Cash paid to them at Settlement. 9.1. Total Debts 9.2. No. of Fishermen indebted at Settlement of 1870. 10.1. Total Debts 10.2. No. of Fishermen indebted at Settlement of 1871. 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 F, 139 £563 5 6 £618 6 11 A, 51 205 0 81/2 123 12 6 C, 57 358 2 2 284 11 2 D, 85 774 13 2 467 1 9 H, 125 775 14 11 216 5 1 J, 13 85 10 3 24 19 6 E, 23 104 18 91/2 94 14 10 G, 47 266 18 1 111 17 10 †B, 65 249 19 3 203 18 21/2 605 £3384 2 10 £2145 7 91/2 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 F, £556 0 4 £2093 2 9 £32 6 0 A, 26 4 31/2 331 5 1 0 0 0 C, 51 3 6 150 4 6 647 0 2 D, 0 0 0 1810 12 7 0 0 0 H, 45 19 1 942 0 0 0 0 0 J, 9 12 0 39 17 1 4 9 71/2 E, 14 2 1 204 6 31/4 33 0 3 G, 28 18 10 545 10 3 0 0 0 †B, 30 13 21/2 572 6 4 ... ... ... £762 13 4 £6689 4 101/4 £716 16 1/2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9.1 F, £473 16 2 £375 12 3 21 A, 69 19 6 69 19 6 2 C, 168 14 21/2 172 10 61/2 13 D, 589 9 10 589 9 10 7 H, 253 1 2 253 1 2 4 J, 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 E, 49 1 10 48 17 111/2 2 G, 166 19 41/2 165 5 9 0 †B, 210 1 11/2 210 1 11/2 1 £1981 3 21/2 £1984 18 11/2 53 9.2 9.2 9.2 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.2 F, £83 1 11 31 £174 19 9* A, 0 11 6 26 94 3 51/2 C, 59 2 7 28 128 5 3 D, 19 2 91/2 19 35 0 10 H, 10 4 0 65 349 0 3 J, 1 19 0 13 72 0 61/2 E, 5 5 111/2 10 33 11 53/4 G, 0 0 0 14 29 3 111/2 †B, 2 18 6 34 125 3 111/2 £182 6 3 240 £1041 9 53/4 * Of this sum, £174, 19s, 9d., there was due by 13 men, the crew of one unsuccessful vessel, £105, 14s. 4d. The fishery of 1871 was comparatively a failure, and left many of the men in debt; while the previous year was very good, and the men were nearly all clear. † Excluding the crew of one smack, the crew of which had not been settled with. TABLE V.--HOME FISHING--SEASON 1867. [Page 29] No. of Fishermen in Debt at Settlement of 1866, and Amount of Debts. 1.1. No. 1.2. Amount. 2. Fishing Expenses Charged to the Men. 3. Goods charged to the Men. CASH. 4.1. Advanced to the Men before Settlement 4.2. Paid to them at Settlement. 5. Total Debits to Fishermen. Gross Sums credited to the Men. 6.1. For Fish. 6.2. For Stock. 7. Total Credits to Fishermen. No. of Fishermen in Debt at Settlement of 1867, and Amount Indebted. 8.1. No. 8.2. Amount. 8.3. Amount as per Statement. 8.4. Amount indebted in excess of Statement 9. No. of men engaged during the Year.